Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: searching for the CSF leak

T Dobrocky, P Nicholson, L Häni, P Mordasini… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension is caused by loss of CSF at the level of the spine. The
most frequent symptom of this disorder is orthostatic headache, with the headache …

Epidural blood patch: A narrative review

PJ Zetlaoui, T Buchheit, D Benhamou - Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain …, 2022 - Elsevier
The epidural blood patch (EBP) is one of the most effective treatments for intracranial
hypotension. Anesthesiologists are familiar with performing EBPs for the treatment of dural …

Surgical closure of spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks improves symptoms in patients with superficial siderosis

A El Rahal, B Haupt, C Fung, D Cipriani… - European journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks may cause a myriad of
symptoms, most common being orthostatic headache. In addition, ventral spinal CSF leaks …

Spine MRI in spontaneous intracranial hypotension for CSF leak detection: nonsuperiority of intrathecal gadolinium to heavily T2-weighted fat-saturated sequences

T Dobrocky, A Winklehner… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Spine MR imaging plays a pivotal role in the diagnostic
work-up of spontaneous intracranial hypotension. The aim of this study was to compare the …

Role of conventional dynamic myelography for detection of high-flow cerebrospinal fluid leaks: optimizing the technique

EI Piechowiak, K Pospieszny, L Haeni, CM Jesse… - Clinical …, 2021 - Springer
Background Spinal imaging is essential to identify and localize cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
leaks in spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) patients when targeted treatment is …

Ultrasonic optic disc height combined with the optic nerve sheath diameter as a promising non-invasive marker of elevated intracranial pressure

Z Yu, Y Xing, C Li, S Wang, X Song, C Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background/aim: Patients with elevated intracranial pressure (ICP) tend to have optic disc
edema and a thicker optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD). However, the cut-off value of the …

Cerebrospinal fluid leaks, spontaneous intracranial hypotension, and Chiari I malformation

R Kumar, JK Cutsforth-Gregory… - Neurosurgery …, 2023 - neurosurgery.theclinics.com
Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) results from transdural egress of cerebrospinal
fluid (CSF) in the spine. In contrast to secondary intracranial hypotension caused by …

Noninvasive monitoring of intracranial pulse waves

A Spiegelberg, A Boraschi, F Karimi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Objective: The clinical management of several neurological disorders benefits from the
assessment of intracranial pressure and craniospinal compliance. However, the associated …

The effect of body position change on noninvasively acquired intracranial pulse waves

A Boraschi, A Spiegelberg, F Karimi… - Physiological …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Craniospinal compliance (CC) is an important metric for the characterization of
space-occupying neurological pathologies. CC is obtained using invasive procedures that …

Monro-Kellie hypothesis: increase of ventricular CSF volume after surgical closure of a spinal dural leak in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension

T Dobrocky, M Rebsamen, C Rummel… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CSF loss in spontaneous intracranial hypotension disrupts
a well-regulated equilibrium. We aimed to evaluate the volume shift between intracranial …